Sentences with phrase «infected wild canine»

Mosquitoes bite an infected wild canine species (such as coyotes), infected dogs or infected raccoons and then pass the «baby larvae» to other animals, including unprotected dogs, cats or ferrets not on a heartworm preventative.

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But if you look at distemper — canine distemper and feline distemper had been decimating lion populations for years and years and years, and it's from domestic animals infecting wild populations.

Despite its name, pseudo-rabies, also called «the mad itch,» is not related to rabies and does not infect humans, but to wild canines, including coyotes and foxes, the disease is fatal, so wildlife managers want to ensure that they eliminate as many hogs as possible.

While heartworms can infect more than 30 species of animals, such as ferrets, domestic cats, foxes, and other wild animals in the dog family, canines are considered the definitive host for these devastating worms.

Only domestic and wild canines are susceptible to B. canis; other domestic animals appear resistant when experimentally infected.